Associations of Dietary Cholesterol or Egg Consumption With Incident Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Cholesterol is a common nutrient in the human diet and eggs are a major source of dietary cholesterol. Whether dietary cholesterol or egg consumption is associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality remains controversial.

Objective

To determine the associations of dietary cholesterol or egg consumption with incident CVD and all-cause mortality.

Design, setting, and participants

Individual participant data were pooled from 6 prospective US cohorts using data collected between March 25, 1985, and August 31, 2016. Self-reported diet data were harmonized using a standardized protocol.

Exposures

Dietary cholesterol (mg/day) or egg consumption (number/day).

Main outcomes and measures

Hazard ratio (HR) and absolute risk difference (ARD)

SUBMITTER: Zhong VW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6439941 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature